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East Sussex sex abuse fear vicars allowed to work
Seeded on Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:19 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
It's not just the Roman Catholic Church.
Racist who had bomb kit jailed for campaign against couple
Seeded on Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:31 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
A neo-Nazi who hoarded bombmaking materials and waged a racist campaign against a mixed-race couple was jailed for more than seven years yesterday.
Sydney private school's racist link
Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 11:01 AM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Private school students appear to be behind postings on the internet which ridicule Jews. One is a discussion network called the Jew Parking Appreciation Group.
MALDON: Freak pants fire kills pensioner
Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 10:27 AM EST (Total Essex)
INCONTINENCE pants manufacturers are being urged to make their products fire resistant after a disabled man burned to death when his caught alight.
M-way covered by sweets and beer
Seeded on Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:12 AM EST (BBC News)
Part of the M42 is shut after a six-vehicle crash sent marshmallows and beer spilling out onto the carriageway.
Mich. 'Crucible' instructor accused of witchcraft
Seeded on Thu Oct 9, 2008 10:36 AM EDT (Associated Press - Google)
A man assigned "The Crucible" in an adult education English class doused his teacher with a nonflammable liquid and threatened to burn her as a witch, police said....
Pilots suspended after falling asleep mid-flight
Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:24 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Two pilots who fell asleep in the cockpit as their plane was due to land have had their licences suspended.
Pile-up as cow strays on motorway
Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:04 AM EDT (BBC News)
An escaped cow caused a five-car pile-up when it strayed on to a motorway in West Lothian. Motorists and passengers escaped with minor injuries after the animal wandered onto the eastbound carriageway of the M9 near Winchburgh.
Farmers See 'Mark of the Beast' in RFID Livestock Tags
Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:37 PM EDT (Wired News)
A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a "mark of the beast."...
Baby in care, parents jailed
Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:27 AM EDT (Toronto Star)
A 9-month-old baby is being treated for malnutrition at the Hospital for Sick Children today, nearly a week after police began searching for the child and his parents, members of an obscure Moorish-American religious sect that doesn't believe in traditional medicine....
Congo riot over soccer witchcraft kills 11: radio
Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:20 AM EDT (Reuters)
Eleven people were killed in a stadium riot in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a soccer player tried to use witchcraft to win a local match, U.N.-backed Radio Okapi reported on Monday.
Border guards to turn away church group aiming to picket bus victim's funeral
Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 1:16 PM EDT (CBC)
Canadian border guards are under orders to prevent members of a fundamentalist American church from crossing into Canada to protest at the funeral Saturday of a Winnipeg man brutally killed on a Greyhound bus last week....
City welcomes controversial gay bishop
Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 12:19 PM EDT (Outdoors: Don't ditch the deadwood - Features - Scotsman.com)
CONTROVERSIAL Bishop Gene Robinson was given a warm welcome when he visited into a city church.
Caltongate plans in ruins after council blunder
Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 12:13 PM EDT (Outdoors: Don't ditch the deadwood - Features - Scotsman.com)
THE controversial £300 million Caltongate scheme was in chaos today after a major council blunder. Officials have been forced to write back to all 350 objectors, inviting them to submit further comments and present any new evidence they believe should be considered.
Distillery plans £65m green plant
Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 12:09 PM EDT (BBC News)
Plans for a major environmental project at Scotland's largest distillery have been announced. Drinks giant Diageo signed a deal with energy company Dalkia for a bio-energy facility at Cameronbridge, in Fife.
Under the influence? If society was really influenced by the media, Britain would be more like Walnut Grove than Sodom and Gomorrah
Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 12:02 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Suppose for a minute you are the minister responsible for promoting ill-health, drug abuse, antisocial behaviour, sexual licentiousness and personal irresponsibility. Your brief is to ensure the United Kingdom continues to lead the world in these important fields....
An international contest we can win
Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:56 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
As usual the announcement of the Booker longlist has completely overshadowed the fact that the annual Hugo awards for speculative fiction are about to given out.
Small fire strikes Westboro Baptist
Seeded on Sun Aug 3, 2008 3:53 PM EDT (The Wichita Eagle)
The Topeka Fire Department is investigating a small fire today outside of a church whose members protest at soldier's funerals. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports on its Web site that a fence and garage at Westboro Baptist Church became engulfed in flames early today.
New steam locomotive unveiled: £3m Tornado unleashed 40 years after age of steam
Seeded on Sat Aug 2, 2008 5:58 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
"Please send Tornado to the rescue." My text message wings its way through the electronic ether from south of Grantham - where my two-mile-a-minute National Express electric has been reduced to a 20mph crawl due to faults with the overhead lines - to Darlington where, yesterday …
Honecker's nuclear bunker opens
Seeded on Sat Aug 2, 2008 5:55 AM EDT (BBC News)
A once-secret bunker designed to shield communist rulers of the former East Germany from a nuclear attack has opened to the public. The three-storey complex, finished in 1983, was intended to house leader Erich Honecker and 400 staff.
Warning on 'homophobic' cult
Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:17 AM EDT (SX News)
A religious sect which runs meditation and yoga courses in partnership with the Gold Coast City Council is a homophobic cult that teaches gays can be cured by chanting, according to former members.
"Intolerant" villagers stop "tolerance" festival
Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:38 AM EDT (Telegraph)
The Laxfield Festival of Tolerance near Ipswich, Suffolk, was launched three years ago in a bid to help promote religious tolerance and understanding. But complaints that it has become a little too tolerant have now led to it being axed.
Exclusive Brethren accused of kidnapping
Seeded on Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:37 PM EDT (The Age)
A writ is expected to be filed in the High Court tomorrow alleging the involvement of the secretive Exclusive Brethren in a variety of crimes, including fraud and kidnapping.
Council ban on atheist websites
Seeded on Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:16 PM EDT (BBC News)
A city council has blocked its staff from looking at websites about atheism....
Groups to pray for lower prices at gas stations
Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:41 PM EDT
Two prayer services will be held at St. Louis gas stations to thank God for lower fuel prices and to ask that they continue to drop. Darrell Alexander, Midwest co-chair of the Pray at the Pump movement, says prayer gatherings will be held Monday afternoon and evening at a Mobil station west of downtown St. Louis.
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